Second and Enlarged Edition Containing Selected Portions from
Prairie Poems and Parson to Parson

By Arnold H. Marzolf

The Germans from Russia Heritage Collection is pleased to provide
the new edition of Let's Talk German-Russian with Ernschtina
un Hanswurscht.

Father William C. Sherman writes in the Introduction: "When
Professor Marzolf's Let's Talk German-Russian came off
the press, I was convinced that it was a volume which was not only
a delight to reach but also a deposit of precious cultural items
which could easily have been lost in today's changing world. And
my assessment was correct. It has proven to be a bit of a "best
seller."

Now, it's a delight to welcome this Second Edition of Let's
Talk German-Russian with Ernschtina un Hanswurscht. This initial
work has been expanded and this enlarged edition
includes a new section called "Later Mixed Stories" and
portions from two of Professor Marzolf's earlier books, Prairie
Poems and Parson to Parson.

In effect, this new volume is really three books in one. "Later
Mixed Stories" adds to the already extensive series of idioms
and anecdotes. Parson to Parson and Prairie Poems continue
the basic themes, but in a different literary style. What we have
now is a rather sizeable collection of insights by a writer who
combines a scholarly eye and an abundance of firsthand experience.
There are many chuckles here, but under the surface there is a profound
insight into the character of a remarkable people, the Germans from
Russia, a people who settled a large portion of America's Great
Plains.